Eugene R. Trent

Eugene R. Trent

95, Indianapolis, died November 1, 2016. He was a Deputy Administrator and Director of Audits for the Dairy Division for the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture for 30 years, retiring in 1983. He served in World War II as a pilot in the Army Air Corps, in the CBI theater flying the Hump in China. He was a member of the Distinguished Flying Cross Society (DFC), 27th Troop Carrier Foundation. He and his crew volunteered to fly behind enemy lines to rescue a missionary family earning the DFC.

He was a member of the National Association of Retired Federal Employees and Old Bethel United Methodist Church since 1961. His hobbies included making miniature furniture and toys, raising mums and violets, and helping his children and grandchildren with various projects.

Services will be Monday, November 7th, 2016 at Flanner and Buchanan- Washington Park East, with calling from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. and the service to begin at 1 p.m.

Survivors include daughters, Judith G. Apple-Van Alstine, Jean Anne Power (Philip), and son, John L. Trent, his grandchildren, Dawn M. Apple, Sean M. Apple, Bill Power (Sallie), Jennifer Wright (John), his great grandchildren, his great-great grandchildren, a number of nieces and nephews, and two sisters. He was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, and great-great grandfather. He was preceded in death by his loving wife of 76 years, Mary Kathryn Trent, his parents, one sister and three brothers.